precautionary
Precautionary is also used as adjective, with meanings including taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure.
Length
13
Scrabble
20
WWF
23
Starts
PR
Ends
ARY
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “PRECAUTIONARY” Mean?
precautionary has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensetaken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
“gave precautionary advice”
“I would take precautionary steps to keep him away”
Synonyms
Synonyms for PRECAUTIONARY
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
13
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
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Definition
taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
Length
13 letters
Starts With
P
Ends With
Y
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Letters
P, R, E, C, A, U, T, I, O, N, A, R, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★PRECAUTIONARY has a Scrabble score of 20. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆PRECAUTIONARY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECAUTIONARY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 13-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆PRECAUTIONARY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
11
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHIJEBK
CV Pattern
CCVCVVCVVCVCC
Vowel Share
46%
Consonant Share
54%
Bigrams
PR, RE, EC, CA, AU, UT, TI, IO, ON, NA, AR, RY
Trigrams
PRE, REC, ECA, CAU, AUT, UTI, TIO, ION, ONA, NAR, ARY
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